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Though outplayed throughout the contest the Bruins displayed a brilliant defense which repeatedly foiled the Crimson attack in its flashy dashes into alien territory. Fessenden time and again kept the puck out of his net by his cool headwork and consistent guarding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEAR GRUDGINGLY YIELDS 5 TO 1 WIN | 1/19/1927 | See Source »

...institution, and second, what is more difficult, to establish proof to the American consul that he intends to return to his own country at the end of a stated time. What constitutes proof rests at the discretion of the consul, who may, if he wishes, refuse admission to an alien who has complied with all the legal requirements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUPID RESTRICTIONS | 1/5/1927 | See Source »

...Livingston Mills of New York would succeed Garrard B. Winston as UnderSecretary of the Treasury. Mr. Mills was not expected to go to his new post until February inasmuch as he is an important member of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, which has tax reduction and alien property bills to consider at the winter session. A man with political ambitions and no longer young, who recently battled to be Governor of New York, cannot be expected to tuck himself quietly away in "the little Cabinet."* Perhaps Mr. Mills merely desires to continue residence at Washington and this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Assistant Mills | 12/13/1926 | See Source »

...immigration statistics for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, announced last week by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis. Since the passage of the Immigration Quota Law of 1924, which assigned a definite quota to the countries in Europe, Asia and Africa, it makes little difference in the alien population of the U. S. whether or not there is a bad potato crop in Ireland or a revolution in Hungary. Immigration has become a standpat, almost mechanical phenomenon. Compare the figures for the last two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Prime | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

...aliens admitted during the last fiscal year may be divided into three approximately equal groups: 1) natives of the quota countries; 2) natives of the nonquota countries, principally Canada and Mexico; 3) returning alien residents of the U. S., temporary visitors, transients, wives and children of U. S. citizens, etc. And, said Secretary Davis proudly: "About three-fourths of the present-day immigrant aliens are in the prime of life-16 to 44 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Prime | 12/6/1926 | See Source »

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